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A91183	The first part of an historical collection of the ancient Parliaments of England, from the yeer of our Lord 673, till the end of King John's reign, anno 1216. Wherein is cleerly demonstrated by histories and records beyond contradiction, that the ancient parliaments, and great councels of England, during all this tract of time, and many yeers after, were constituted, and consisted onely of our kings, princes, dukes, earls, nobles, barons, spiritual and temporal lords, and those we now usually stile the House of Peers; and that both the legislative and judicial power of our parliaments resided onliy [sic] in them; without any knights, citizens, burgesses of Parliament, or Commons House, not knowne, nor heard of, till of punier times then these. Published, to inform the ignorance, and check the insolent usurpations of those few commoners, who now call themselves not only the Commons House, but Parliament of England; and (as much as in them lies) have most unjustly excluded both our King and lords from being any Members, or branches of our late, or future Parliaments. / By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1649 (1649)	Wing P3957; Thomason E569_23; ESTC R203232	23,817	33

Factus est Conventus Episcoporum Abbatum pariter Magnatum or Procerum Regni as Eadmerus Londoniis in Pal●tio Regis Wherein there was an accord made between the King and Anselm touching investitures of Bishops per concilium Ans●lmi Procerum Regni In this Councel Anselm coram Rege Regnique Episcopis Principibus exacted obedience and subjection from Girald Archbishop of York p Hoveden Annal. pars 1. p. 472. Eadmer Hist Nov. l. 4. p. 94 95. Anno 1108. to redresse the incontinency of Priests King Henry the first adunatis ad curiam suam in sol●●nitate Pentecostes apud Londonium ●unctis ●a●orthus Regni de negotio cum Anselmo Archiepiscopo caeter●● Episcopis Angliae tractavit Divers Laws and Canons were there enacted for this purpose which were thus prefaced Haec su●t Statuta de Archdiaeonibus Presbyteris c. quae statuerunt Anselmus Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus Thomas Eboracensis Archiepiscopus electus cum eo Omnesque al● Episcopi Angliae in praesentia Gloriosi Regis Henri●i Assensu Comitum Baronum suorum c. Or Assensu Omnium Baronum suorum as Eadmorus renders it Statutum est c. q Eadmerus Hist Nov. l. 5. p 114. Anno 1114. H●nricus Rex jussit Omnes Episcopos Principes totius Regni ad curiam suam sub uno venire Itaque ut R●x jusserat XVI Kal. Octobris Conventus O 〈◊〉 apud Westmonasterium in Palatio Regis factus est Where the Popes Letter concerning the Bishops of England was read and debated r Hoveden Annal. pars 1. p. 473. Eadn●erus Hist Nov. l. 5. p. 519 Anno 1115. XIII Kal. Aprilis factus est Conven●us Opiscoporum porum Abb●t●n Principum totius Regni ap●d Serberiam cogente eos illuc Sanctione Regis H●nrice writes E●dmerus Which Hoveden thus expresseth Comites Barones totius Angliae apud Salesberiam decimo qu●rto Calendas Aprilis convenerunt In this Parliament the King substituted his Son William to succeed him as his Heir Igi●ur ●gnita Regis volunt●te mox ad nutum ejus Omnes Principes homines ipsius Willielmi And in this Parliament the controversie between Ralph Archbishop of Canterburi● and Thurstan Archbishop of York concerning obedience to the Sea of Canterburie was debated and Thurstan ordered to submit whereupon he renounced his Archbishoprick in a Pet. s E●dmerus Hist Nov. l. 5. p. 118. The same yeer in A●●ust following one Anselme came from R●me to King Henrie the first being in Normandie bringing Letters from the Pope authorizing him to be his Legat in England which in a short time being made known in ENGLAND Admirats erg● Episcopi Abb●tes Nobiles Duique Londoniae adun●ti snut super his quibusdam a●●s praesente Regina Communi Concilio tractaturi where they resolved to prevent this Innovation and sent the Archbishop of Canterburie to the King to prevent and inhibit this Legats entrance into the Kingdom After which one t ●admerus Hist Nov l. 6 p 137 138. Peter obtaining a Power Legatine from the Pope over England and Ireland this King returned him this Answer Legationis illius st●bilem authoritatem non nisi per conniventiam Episcoporum Abbatum Procerum ac totius R●gni Co●ventum roborari posse constare● These respective Presidents clearly manifest that our Parliaments and great Councels all his Reign consisted only of the King with all the Spirituall and Temporall Lords and Barons without any Commons Knights or Burgesses at all of whom we finde no mention n Math. Pa●is p. 71. Huntindon Hist l. 8. p. 386. Anno 1137. King Henry dying leaving Maude the Empress his right Heir Stephen contrary to his Oath invaded the Crown Congregatis enim Londoniis Regni Magnatibus meliorationem l●gum promisit juxta voluntatem arbitrium singulorum whereupon OMNES tam PRAESULES quam COMITES Barones qui filiae Regis suis Haeredibus juraverant fidelitatem cons●nsum Stephano praebuerunt dicentes fore nimis turpe si tot Nobil●s faeminae subderentur c. x Continuatio●d Florent Wigorniense● p. 519. Anno 1138. King St●phen on the fourth of April held a Councel at Northampton in which the Archbishop of York sate President the Prelates Abbots Earls Barons and all the Nobility ●f England being there present * Hen. Huntindon hist l 8. p. 395. 1150. T●cohall Archbishop of Canterbury held a Generall Councel at London in Midlent where King Stephen and his son Eustace ET ANGLIAE PROCERES interfuerunt and the Nobles of England were present but no Commons that we read of y Math West An. 1153. p. 42 Anno 1153. King Stephen having no Heir but Duke Henry recognovit in Conventu Episcoporum aliorum Regni Optimatum acknowledged in an Assembly of the Bishops and other Lords or Nobles of the Realm that Henry had an hereditary right to the Kingdom of England and the Duke peaceably granted that Stephen should quietly enjoy the Kingdome during his life Ita tamen confirmatum est p●ct●m quod ips● Rer Episcopi tunc praesentes cum caet●ri● R●gni Optimatibus jurarent quod Dux Henri●us post mortem Rogis fi illum super viveret r●gn●misine aliqua contradictione obtineret z Gul. Nubrigensis Rerum Angl. l. 1. cap. 32. An. 1154. King Stephen about the feast of Michael the Archangel cum Episcopis Nobtlibus A●glie Conciltum Londoniis col h●aturus tum pro Rigni Negotiis tum etiam n●g●tio vacant 〈◊〉 Ecclesiae Fibor●consis writes Nu●●gens●s By which passages it is evident that the Parliaments of his Reign consIted only of the King Bishops and other Spirituall and Temporal Lords without any Commons for ought appeares by Storie a Math. Paris Hist p. 96 97. An. Dom. 1164. King Henry the Second held a Parliament at C●arendon wherein John 〈◊〉 Oxoni● sate President is 〈…〉 Regi● 〈◊〉 etiam M●chiepistop●s 〈…〉 Prloribus Comitibus B●●onibus 〈◊〉 Regnie where there 〈◊〉 Recognition made of a certain part of the Customes and Liberties of his Ancestors to wit of Henry his grandfather and others which ought to be observed in the Kingdom 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 by all by real● of the dissentions and discords often hapning betw●en the Clergy and the Pemporall Justices and great men of the Kingdome Among these Customes this is one Aro●●●piscopi Episco●● universae person● Regni qui do Rege●ra●●●● 〈…〉 pess●ssiones 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 Regis 〈…〉 intur fa●ano owner consur●●di●es Reg●● 〈…〉 CAETERI BARONES DEBENT interesse JUDICIIS CURIAE CUM BARONI BUS quousque pervematur ad deminutionem membrorum vel ad mortem This Recognition the Archbishops Bishops Abbots Priors Clergy tum Comitibus Baronibus Proceribus Cundis with all the Earls Barons and Nobles swore unto and firmly promised in the word of truth viva voce to keep and observe to the King their Soveraign and to his Heires bona fide and

any House of Commons not known nor heard of in these elder times though those who now stile themselves the Commons endeavour to cashier both King and Lords from being Members of our Parliaments contrary to our Laws Statutes Oathes and solemn League and Covenant and the practice of all former ages at whose Doors and Barr themselves have waited and stood bare upon all occasions till within these few months as their professed Superiours and the onely Judges in Parliament being but so many Grand-jurie men to present the Kingdomes grievances to their Superiour Tribunall and crave their redresse and censure of them A sufficient refutation of their present usurpation over them But to proceed to the intended Subject without any further Prologue a Mat. West An. 673. p. 236. Edit Londini 1570. Florent Wigorniensis An. 673. An. Dom. 673. Theodor. Archbish of Canterbury assembled a Parliamentary Councel at Hertfort praesentibus EPISCOPIS ANGLIAE AC REGIBUS Easewin and Kentwin MAGNATIBUS UNIVERSIS all the Bishops of England and the Kings and all the Nobles being present but not any Knight● Citizens Burgesses or Commons that we read of b Spelmanni Concil tom 1. p. 189 191. An. 694. there was Magnum Concilium a great Councel or Parliament held at Becanceld in which Withred King of Kent sate President nec non Bertuvaldo reverendissimo Archiepiscopo Brittanniae simulque Tobia Episcopo Roffensis Ecclesiae caeterisque Abbatibus Abbaticis Presbyteris Diatonibus DUCIBUS SATRAPIS in unum glomeratis pariter tractan●es anxiè examinantes de statu Ecclesiarum Dei c. But we finde no Knights nor Burgesses present among them c Ant. Eccles Brit. p 20. An. 710. or neer that yeer there was a Councell held at W●●cester by Pope Constantines advice at the desire of Egwin Bishop of Worcester non Religiosorum modo s●d etiam REGNI PROCERUM but without any Commons d Wil. Mal●esb de Gestis Aug. Pontif l. 1 p. 197. Ant. Eccles Brit. p. 11. Spelman Concil p. 242. 245. An. Dom. 747. in the Councel of Clyff there were present besides the Bishops and many Priests and Ecclesiastical Persons Aethelbaldus King of Mercians cum OMNIBUS REGNI SUI PRINCIPIBUS DUCIBUS but not one Knight or Burgesse mentioned by Historians e Spelman Concil tom 1. p. 291. 293. 300. Magdeburgens ●ent 8 c. c. 9. col 575. An. 787. in the Councel of Colchuth consisting of two Sessions the First coram Alfwold● Northumby●brorum REGE MAGNATIBUS SUIS assidentibus vero Eanbaldo Eberacensi Archiepiscop● c●terisque illius Provincia Episcopi● The second Merciorum coram Offa REGE ibidem SUIS MAGNATIBUS jam assidentibus Ja●berth● Cantuaria Archiepiscop● caterisque suae Provinc●ae Episcopis we meet with none but these Kings their Nobles Archbishops and Bishops present Convenerunt OMNES PRINCIPES REGIONIS TAM ECCLESIASTICI QUAM SECULARES but no Knights nor Burgesses at all In this Councell no other but a a Parliament to which the Kings Archbishops Bishops Abbots Dukes and Earles subscribed their names cap. 12. De Ordinatione honore regum there is this notable Canon against killing and putting Kings to death In necem Regis nemo communicare andeat quia Christus Domini est si quis tali sceleri adhaes●rit si Episcopus est aut ullus ex Sacerdotate gradu ex ipso detruiatur à sancta haereditate dejiciatur sicut Iudas ab Apostolic● gradu dejectus est omnis quisquis tali sacrilegio assenserit aeterno anathematis vinculo interibit Judae traditori sociatus sempiternis cromabitur incendiis ut scriptum est Non solum qui faciunt sed qui consentiunt facientibus judicium Dei non effugiunt Durnamque E●●uchi Asuerum Regem interficere cupientes in patibulum suspensi sunt Animadvertitè quid fecerit David praefecto cum es Dominus dixerit Ego tradam Saul in manus tuas eum invenit dormientem 〈◊〉 hortatus is milite ut occideres eum dixit Absit à me peccatum ut extendammanū meam in Christum Domini Illum autem militem qui post mortem ejus venit ad eum protestans quod ipse occiderat der at Saul capite tru●cavit reputatum est ei ad justitiam ●●●ini ejus post 〈◊〉 Exemplis namque apud not saepe probatum est quod quicunque inter●●cienis Dominorum fuere in spai●● vitam 〈◊〉 atroque jure ●●●●erunt f Spelman Concil p. 310. An. Dom. 793. King Offa held a Councel at Verelam with Archbishop Humbert his Suffragans PRIMATIBUS SUIS UNIVERSIS wherein this King SVORUM MAGNATVM sane acquiescens consilis presently took a painfull and costly journey to Rome g Spelman Concil p. 313 314. An. 794. King Offa after his return from Rome celebrated two Councels the one at Celchyth where were present 9. Kings 15 Bishops and 20. Dukes but no House of Commons The other at Verelam consisting only of Bishops and Nobles Congregato 〈◊〉 Verelamium EPISCOPORVM OPTIMATVM Concilio h Boniface Mogunt Epiff 112. M. Seldons Titles of Honor part 2. c. 5. p. 632. About the yeer 796 Cynewlf King of Westsax held x Councel wherein he writes to Lullus Bishop of Ment● touching matters of Religion and 〈◊〉 EPISCOPIS 〈◊〉 nec 〈◊〉 catervo SATRAP ARVM to wit of his lay Dignities i Spelman Concil p 318. 320. Malmesb. de gestis Regum Angl. l. 1. cap. 4. An. Dom. 800. Kenulf King of Mercians called to the Councell of CloVesha all the BISHOPS of his Kingdome DVGES Abbates CV JVSCVNQVE DIGNITATIS VIROS wherein the King cum EPISCOPIS DVCIBVS omni sub nostri ditione DIGNITATIS GRADV writ a Letter to Pope Leo the 3. about Church affaires therein concluded where there is no mention of any Commons k Spelman Concil p. 328. An. 816. in the Councel of Celichyth Wulfred Archbishop with diVers other Bishops were present so was Coenulf King of Mercia cum suis PRINCIPIBVS DVCIBVS OPTIMATIBVS but not a syllable of his Commons Knights or Burgesses presence l Spelman Concil p. 333. 334. About the year 822. in the Councel of CloVesh● wherein Beornulf King of Mercians sate President Wulfrid Archbishop with the rest of the Bishops and Abbots OMNIVMQVE DIGNITAIVM OPTIMATIBVS ECCLESIASTICARVM scil SECVLARIVM PERSONARVM were present but no Knights of Counties nor Burgesses And An. Dom. 824. there was another Councel held under the same King at the same place Assidentibus EPISCOPIS ABBATIBVS PRINCIPIBVS Merciorum VNIVERSIS but no Commons for ought appears the King Archbishop Bishops and Dukes subscribing their names to the Decrees there made but no Knight nor Burgesse m Ingulphi Hist p. 855. Spelman Concil p. 336. An. 823. There was Concilium Pan-Anglicum a Parliament or Councel of all England celebrated at London praesentibus Egberto REGE West-Saxoniae Wethlusis REGE Merciorum utroque

without male eng●n for ever So Math. Paris informes us b An. 1164 And Antiq. Eccl. Brit. pag. 122. Math. Westminster thus briefly expresseth it Apud Claredonum coram Rege Magnatibus Regni f●cta est recordatio Regnorum Libertatum consuetudinum c Annal pars posterior p 490. Hoveden thus records it Eodem Anno R●x Magno Congregato Concilio omnibus Archiepiscopi● Episcopis Angliae coram illo congregatis retiit c. The Commons for ought appeares were no Members of this Parliament Anno 1165. There was a Parliament held at Nonthampton Castle wherein as William Fitz Stephens and d Titles of Honor. part 2. c. 5 sect 2● p. 705. Mr. Selden out of him Secunda die consul●ntibus Episcopis Comitibus Baronibus Anglir Omnibus Archbishop Becket was accused of Treason and thereupon the King demanded judgement against him All of them accorded that for his contempt in not coming upon the Kings summons and sending no excuse all his goods and moveables should be at the Kings mercy Whereupon there grew a difference between the Bishops and Barons which of them should pronounce the sentence against him the Barons excusing themselves and putting it off to the Bishops and the Bishops putting it off from themselves to the Barons Whereupon the King moved with the controversie about pronouncing the sentence thereupon the contoversie ceased and Henry de Bloyes Bishop of Winchester was at last enjoyned to doe it and pronounced it against his will e Hoveden Annal. pars poster p. 561. to 566 Math. Patis p. 127. Anno 1176. There was Concil generale a Parliament or Generall Assembly of all the Bishops Abbots Priors Earles and Barons of England held at Westminster for the determination of the great contention between Alfonso King of Castile and Sancho King of Navarre touching divers Castles and Territories in Spain submitted to the determination of our King Henry the second who all meeting together their Advocates being fully heard in prasentia nostra EPISCOPORVM COMITVM BARONVM NOSTRORVM King Henry the second habito cum EPISCOPIS COMITIBVS BARONIBVS NOSTRIS cum Del●beratione consilio did accordingly determine it COMITES BARONES Regalis Curiae Angliae ADJVDICAVERVNT Blevariam urrique parti supra dictorum quae in jure petita su rant fieri restitutionem writes Hoveden whose judgement the King ratified by his Charter under the great Seal of England f Hoveden Annal pars posterior p. 556. Anno 1173. Lewis King of France cum Archiepiscopis Episcopis Comitibus Baronibus Regni sui bringing with them our King Henry the 2d. his 3. sons and Henry their Father King of England cum Archiepiscopis Episcopis Comitibus Baronibus terra suae met between Gisort and Trie on the seventh of October and there treated of an accord between the King of England and Henry his son g Hoveden Annal. pars poster p. 544. Anno 1175. King Henry the second and the King his Son went to Yorke where they met William King of Scots and David his brother with almost all the Bishops Abbots and great men of their Kingdomes where the agreement made between the King of Scots and King Henry the Father was read and confirmed before the King his Son Roger Archbishop of Yorke Hugh Bishop of Durham Comitibus Baronibus Angliae coram Episcopis Abbatibus Comitibus Baronibus Regni Scotiae in Ecclesia sancti Petri Eboraci So as the Kings Bishops Abbots Earles and Barons of England and Scotland too without any conjunction or mixture of Knights and Burgesses were the only Parliaments to conclude peace or war or enact Laws in this Kings reign h Hoved. Annal pars poster p. 546. Antiq. Eccles Brit. p. 94 95. The same yeer 1175. King Henry the second Magnum Congregavit Concilium apud Windeshores in octavis S. Michaelis praesentibus Rege filio Richardo Cant. Archie●isc Episcopis Angliae coram Laurentio Dublinensi Archiepisc prasentibus etiam Comitibus Baronib●s Angliae In which Councel the Catholike Archbishop of Tuaman and Cantoris Abbot of S. Brandon and Master Laurence Chancellor of Roderic King of Conact made a finall concord with King Henry the Father on the behalf of Roderit King of Conact recorded at large by Hoveden At this great Parliament upon this occasion we read of none but the King Archbishops Bishops Earles and Barons of England to be p●esent not any one Knight of a Shire or Burgesse i H●v●den Ann● pars post p. ●4● Anno 1176. King Henry the second held a Parliament or Concil●um mog●um at Notting●am de S●●tutis Reg●i sui coram R●g●filio suo coram Archiepiscopo Episcopis Comitibus Baronibus Regni sui Communi omnium Concilio d●v●sit Regnum suum in s●x part●s per quarum singulas tres justiciarios itinerantes const●tuii After which he records the Justices names and the Counties allotted to each of their divisions by which testimony it is most evident that the King and the Spirituall and Temporall Lords and Barons were the only members of Parliament in this Kings rai●n and did order and make Laws for the whole Kingdome without the Commons of which there is no mention in any Parliament or Councel in this Kings life that I can finde nor in * Annal. pars p●st p. 653. A●●o 1189 when there was a peace concluded between King Henry the second and Philip of Fr●n● thus expressed by Hov●den Convenerunt igitur prae●cti ●ex Franciae R●x A●g●ae Richard●● comes Brittannicorum cum Archiepiscopis Episcopis Comitibus Baronibus suis circa festum Apostolo●um Petri Pauli ad co●oqutum inter Turonem Aras c. k Hove●en Annal. p. 〈◊〉 post p. 5●6 〈…〉 p 94 95. Anno Dom. 1189. King Richard the first after the death of King Henry the second on the third day of S●ptember was crowned at W●stminst●r by B●ldwin Archbishop of C●nterbury divers other Archbishops Bishops Abbots Priors and the EARLS and BARONS of England being assembled together at London and present at it quorum consilio by whose advice he was crowned That same year Philip King of France sent Embassadors to King Ri●hard of England to acquaint him that the King of France in a General Councel at Paris and all his Nobles had sworn upon the holy Evangelists that God willing they would immutably be at Vizels by the end of Easter in their voyage towards the Holy Land desiring that he and his Earls and Barons would do the like meet him there at that time Hinc factum est quod Richardus Rex Angl. Conutes Barones sui qui crucem suscepe●unt in generall Concilo apud Londonias juraverunt tacti● Sacro-sanctis Evangeliis c. to meet them there at the time appointed and both the King of Fr●●● his Embassadors and others on the behalf of the King of England juraverunt in